Touge Oni - Vol. 7 Ch. 30 - Three-Love: Four-Heart Lives Eternal

[MangaDex]

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.
I was not sure where this was heading, but I like the conclusion.

 

[Aelthar]

The indomitable human spirit continues to dab on gods

 

[CheesiBoye]

I wasn't expecting to see a deus ex machina come from human love ending in a positive note. Alongside a strangely cyberpunk themed arc in this historical fantasy manga. Neat

 

[deathpad]

Wait, so the simulation is real? I like the bittersweet feeling at the end

 

[Kekasauria]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[danvolodar]

I wasn't expecting to see a deus ex machina come from human love ending in a positive note. Alongside a strangely cyberpunk themed arc in this historical fantasy manga. Neat

Well, it's not purely historical fantasy at all. We've seen a guy with google as a sacred treasure, a kami fighting a black hole, and more.

 

[DerCaron]

Is that a motherflipping HI3rd reference I see on page 26 or am I tripping???

 

[Meijin]

If mangrass in the sim are functionally the same as the mangrass in real life if only stands that the bigger mangrass give more mangrass power than the smaller mangrasses.

 

[2hot4you]

Susano'o the whole time

 

[Qwest]

Her new Kami form reminded me a lot of Shaman King's armor oversoul

 

[74HC595]

I wasn’t sure when the story took the VR gimmick route, but damn am I impressed. This story knows what it wants to say, and is very articulate in saying it. But Miyo in the non-canon chapter front page just got a metal oopa from the vending machine, better watch out.

 

[UnderworldBlues]

the fate of men should be left to men.
When the time to spill blood comes, the ones who will lay down their lives for what they hold dear aren't the almighty kami, in all their glory and power, but the weak and simple-minded men they look down upon.
That said, thanks for the chapter! I'm really curious about the identity of the old man now, most of the Gods we've met so far are very whimsical but at least they've had the heart do admit that humanity should be left to it's own devices, this guy though? He's playing sims with his worshippers.

 

[Tyrosinase]

This is no worship. This is simply the love of man for man

 

[Bramia]

Wait, so the simulation is real? I like the bittersweet feeling at the end

The simulation wasn't real. What they did wasn't actually happening anywhere in the world. It's just that the grass actually represented humans and how gods actually behaved in their world

 

[Bramia]

the fate of men should be left to men.
When the time to spill blood comes, the ones who will lay down their lives for what they hold dear aren't the almighty kami, in all their glory and power, but the weak and simple-minded men.
That said, thanks for the chapter! I'm really curious about the identity of the old man now, most of the Gods we've met so far are very whimsical but at least they've had the heart do admit that humanity should be left to it's own devices, this guy though? He's playing sims with his worshippers.

That's not quite true. For many people, what they hold dearest is not themselves, but something beyond themselves. Be it their country, family, religion, etc. Especially in a world where gods actually walk among humans, even if rarely so

 

[eatgoddamnshit]

The simulation wasn't real. What they did wasn't actually happening anywhere in the world. It's just that the grass actually represented humans and how gods actually behaved in their world

You missed the remark about processing power. If the simulation is done accurately enough, it is real. Those were practically real people, just not part of the original world.

Very iain m banks of the author to say this

 

[Bramia]

You missed the remark about processing power. If the simulation is done accurately enough, it is real. Those were practically real people, just not part of the original world.

Very iain m banks of the author to say this

I didn't miss it. It's a sandbox that simulates the way humans work. They are virtual entities built to mimic the way gods think humans behave. They are just puppets

 

[GreyArea]

You missed the remark about processing power. If the simulation is done accurately enough, it is real. Those were practically real people, just not part of the original world.

Very iain m banks of the author to say this

Beware the infinite fun space

 

[zanonyn]

I didn't miss it. It's a sandbox that simulates the way humans work. They are virtual entities built to mimic the way gods think humans behave. They are just puppets

Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else here has any way to prove we aren't "simulated", nor that said simulation isn't itself running in a simulation another level up and so on. And indeed that's actually one of the more relatively pleasant possible futures for humanity in an exponential tech growth world, where we break down the solar system into a matryoshka brain or similar and then a Universe 2.0 that is friendlier to baseline/near-baseline humans. Possibly with some gods to oversee things and make sure our new selves avoid any true apocalypses.

But the point of Susano'o's line and Miyo's change in vision and reflection is that they were people, but seen from the POV of a god who isn't focusing on any one individual. Each of those people in the sim (done with literally godly amounts of processing power) had their own stories and relationships ...and perhaps amidst the chaos of godly war going on, three people going on a journey together? But we'll never see it, that world is now over. All their lives and their entire world were indeed brief toys for the gods, whether that makes them puppets or not or they still had some meaning is a question for readers to contemplate on like so many in this excellent series.